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According to Gate market data, TRUMP's 24-hour increase expanded to 94.18%, briefly rising above 3.4 USD.

On August 18, 2026, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) aimed at clarifying how the current definition of "cash equivalents" applies to certain digital assets, such as stablecoins, and enhancing the transparency of disclosures regarding important components of cash equivalents. Stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments by November 19, 2026.In the 2025 FASB agenda consultation project and other feedback, stakeholders pointed out that there is uncertainty regarding whether certain digital assets, including stablecoins, meet the definition of cash equivalents under current Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), leading to differences in practical treatment. The proposed ASU will provide illustrative examples to promote a more consistent application of this definition and enhance comparability among entities choosing to report qualifying digital assets as cash equivalents, but it will not change the current definition of "cash equivalents."At the same time, the proposed rules require all entities reporting assets as cash equivalents, regardless of whether they include digital assets, to enhance disclosures regarding the important components of cash equivalents and related amounts, so that investors and other financial statement users can obtain more transparent information. The relevant proposed ASU and methods for submitting comments can be found on the FASB website.

The B.AI platform's DeepSeek-V4-Flash zero-threshold free usage event is gaining momentum, with the total Token throughput across the platform exceeding 641.524 billion, including a single-day peak of 285.963 billion Tokens on August 20, nearly quadrupling since the first day of the event and continuously breaking historical records.Behind this set of data is not only a hardcore verification of the platform's high concurrency processing capability but also reflects the real explosion of AI universal demand. B.AI will continue to reduce the cost of AI usage, providing developers and Web3 users with a low-threshold, unlimited Agentic application building and experience environment, making top-tier computing power truly accessible.

The whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" posted on the X platform, stating that it has opened a short position again at $76,000. The logic is quite simple: "When I established a long position around $63,000, the target was originally $74,000. I believe the bull market has returned, and this judgment has not changed until now. However, I have always believed that this round should be a volatile upward trend. At least currently, from a macro and market structure perspective, I have not seen enough signals to support this trend."Currently, most of the short positions have been reduced. "Not because I have changed my judgment, but to control risk first. If there is a continued extreme upward pull here, $82,000 and $84,000 are both possible, so there is no need to take a full position to bet that my judgment is definitely correct.If the daily line effectively closes above $80,500, then I will admit my mistake on this trade, close everything, and take a break for a while. If it ultimately cannot hold here and weakens again, I will consider adding back the reduced short positions."The whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" reiterates its medium-term view as follows: "In the medium to long term, I still hold a bullish view on BTC, but being bullish in the medium to long term does not conflict with shorting locally. I am taking this short position to profit from the pullback during the upward process, not to view it as a bear market again. If I am wrong, I will admit my mistake above $80,500. I still believe that we will see $100,000 BTC by March next year."

Ukraine is seeking to use drones equipped with the Starlink system to strike missile launch silos within 200 kilometers inside Russia due to a shortage of air defense interceptors. This move requires approval from Elon Musk, whose position is uncertain.Communication has faced challenges since the dismissal of former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Military experts say Ukraine is struggling to obtain enough interceptors to maintain its air defense strategy.

The Grayscale Zcash research report points out that as AI development brings new means of financial monitoring, Zcash's privacy features may become a necessary function in the AI era. Zcash achieves shielded transactions through zero-knowledge proofs, hiding the sender, receiver, and amount, possessing cash-like privacy attributes. Currently, shielded transactions account for about 90% of the transaction volume, with approximately 4.2 million ZEC shielded (accounting for 25% of the circulating supply).Grayscale notes that Zcash has a market capitalization of about $8 billion, which only accounts for 0.6% of its category "currency-type crypto assets" (total market capitalization of $1.4 trillion). If this category's share reaches 5%, the value of ZEC would be nine times its current value. The report believes that the market's current valuation of Zcash reflects the assumption that "privacy will remain marginalized," and if investors ultimately believe that privacy should receive a moderate premium, the current valuation may be underestimated. In terms of risks, the report mentions long-term risks such as regulation and quantum computing, but believes that Zcash's shielding technology and selective disclosure tools provide a pathway for compliance.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "NATO and Russia Military Conflict Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "October 31" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 43% an hour ago to the current 23.5% (a fluctuation of 19.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, trader Trader-DoshiAtoll holds a 40x short position of 1200 BTC, with an opening price of $66891.7, resulting in an unrealized loss of $5.336 million.At the same time, Trader-DoshiAtoll is long on 18,688.3 ETH (worth $42.45 million) with 25x leverage, with an opening price of $2270.43, resulting in an unrealized profit of $180,000.

According to Cointelegraph, driven by the U.S. Treasury's expansion of the national debt repurchase scale and improved market liquidity expectations, Bitcoin surged significantly after the U.S. stock market opened on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since June 2.Previously, the U.S. Treasury announced that starting from September 9, it would expand the scale of long-term national debt repurchase operations, increasing the single repurchase limit from $2 billion to at least $4 billion. This move is seen by the market as providing more liquidity support to the long-term bond market, pushing risk assets to rise broadly.As a result of the news, the yield on U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds quickly fell, decreasing about 9 basis points from its nearly 20-year high to 5.19%. The U.S. Treasury stated that the expansion of the repurchase scale aims to meet the persistent investor demand in the long-term national debt market and enhance market liquidity.However, analysts pointed out that this repurchase does not reduce U.S. debt but rather adjusts the maturity structure of the national debt. As the U.S. government debt approaches $40 trillion, the market remains focused on fiscal pressure and the risks of rising interest expenditures.Bitfinex stated that although Bitcoin has rebounded recently, the upside potential is still limited by insufficient liquidity in stablecoins. Data shows that since May, the supply of stablecoins on exchanges has decreased by about $14 billion. Additionally, on-chain data indicates that the stablecoin supply ratio (SSR), which measures the relationship between Bitcoin's market value and the total market value of stablecoins, has been rising recently, from 9.82 on June 30 to 11.69, indicating that the market liquidity environment remains tight.Analysts believe that the improved expectations for U.S. fiscal liquidity may provide short-term support for Bitcoin and risk assets, but the lack of significant inflows of stablecoin funds means that further increases will still require more capital confirmation.

According to Caixin, a large number of mainland and Hong Kong investors participated in the Hong Kong IPO "new share subscription" through ZD Group, and the related funds cannot be redeemed on time. The Hong Kong police stated that as of August 17, 24 investors have reported the case, which has been treated as "fraud" and is being followed up by the Wan Chai District Major Crime Unit, with no arrests made yet.Previously, several investors were informed that the bank accounts of entities associated with ZD Group had been frozen, resulting in the inability to redeem funds, with the scale of involvement reaching the billion Hong Kong dollar level, some of which are cross-border investment funds from the mainland to Hong Kong.

On August 19, the B.AI platform announced the launch of the DeepSeek-V4-Flash zero-threshold free access event. Within just 48 hours, the platform's Token throughput exceeded 22 billion. Currently, the activity on the B.AI platform continues to rise, with free computing power fully available. All users can log in to access unlimited calls to Coding assistance, multi-Agent complex scheduling, long text deep processing, and high-concurrency API workflows, among other full-stack capabilities. The computing power costs are fully covered by B.AI, with no complicated thresholds, available for immediate use------Come to B.AI now to unlock a truly unlimited intelligent acceleration experience.

Ant Group's three independent sectors, Ant International, OceanBase, and Ant Technology, have recently launched intensive external financing. Among them, Ant International completed approximately $1.2 billion in Series A financing in July, OceanBase is seeking about 2 to 3 billion yuan in Series A financing, and Ant Technology is preparing for Pre-IPO financing. All three companies will operate independently starting in March 2024. Sources close to Ant indicate that this round of financing is more of a phased test of the effectiveness of the three companies' independent operations, and they have not yet entered the preparation stage for an IPO.OceanBase's annual revenue has exceeded 1.4 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of about 70%; Ant Technology's revenue is expected to be around 5 billion yuan in 2025, with a target of about 8 billion yuan in 2026. Ant International's revenue is projected to be around $3.75 billion in 2025. Since 2023, Ant Group has invested nearly 80 billion yuan in technology, shifting its strategic focus from fintech to AI and data elements, with its financial business humorously referred to internally as the department that "earns living expenses" for the AI business.Currently, Ant's overall valuation is approximately 592 billion yuan, a reduction of more than 70% from 2.1 trillion yuan on the eve of its IPO in 2020. The market believes that a spin-off listing is a more realistic path than an overall listing for the group, but each sector still needs to prove its independent customer acquisition capabilities to open the doors to the capital market.

Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform expressing appreciation for Paul S. Atkins and the SEC for their progress on token classification, calling it a long-awaited step towards modernizing the financial system. He stated that he has been advocating for clear cryptocurrency rules for years, and token classification is a necessary measure for the U.S. to maintain innovation.Brian Armstrong also expressed anticipation for the SEC to release the Innovation Exemption to promote on-chain trading of tokenized stocks. He mentioned that relevant progress is being made and that the CLARITY Act should be pushed through as soon as possible, moving the market on-chain before leading the way in other regions.

According to the SemiAnalysis podcast, Anthropic has set extremely strict classifiers for the public version of its flagship model Mythos, called Fable, due to regulatory pressure. Users attempting specific actions will be immediately downgraded to the Opus model, and conversations cannot be reverted. Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, stated that the classifier restrictions are "too harsh," and even internal employees cannot complete routine tasks with it.The podcast mentioned that the Mythos model completed training as early as February, but Anthropic did not release it under the name Fable until May. Jordan stated in the discussion that, to his knowledge, Mythos 2 has completed training but has not been released, and the internal R&D team is believed to still be iterating. Analysts believe that Anthropic's previous long-standing calls for regulation have now resulted in regulatory measures that limit the release pace of its own models. Similarly, OpenAI is also delaying the public release of its next-generation models, but internal training is still progressing, and the capability gap between internal models and public models may continue to widen.

On July 23, the European Union passed the 21st round of sanctions against Russia, expanding the trading ban to 14 cryptocurrency service platforms located in Georgia, Panama, the UAE, the Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus, and adding 4 new sanctions measures targeting the A7 Russian ruble network. The new regulations will take effect on August 25, prohibiting Russian and Belarusian citizens from holding, controlling, or serving in positions within MiCA cryptocurrency asset service providers in the EU, with the scope extending to services such as consulting, portfolio management, and transferring cryptocurrency assets on behalf of clients.The new regulations also allow the EU to impose a comprehensive ban on cryptocurrency transactions against third countries that have not prevented relevant sanction evasion activities. The list of relevant countries is currently empty and only includes third countries identified by the EU Council as having continuously and systematically failed to prevent the provision of cryptocurrency asset services or the operation of related platforms.

According to bits.media, Maria Patrikeeva, Managing Director of the Derivatives Market at the Moscow Exchange, stated that the exchange plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures contracts for professional investors and aims to expand the tradable cryptocurrencies to ten.Perpetual futures are daily rollover contracts with no fixed expiration date, providing flexibility in position management. The exchange will launch crypto derivatives in the summer of 2025, and currently, professional investors can trade quarterly and monthly futures for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Ripple, and Tron.

According to Bitcoin.com, the Central Bank of Russia has released a draft regulation requiring professional market participants such as brokers, trust institutions, forex traders, and cryptocurrency exchanges to include cryptocurrency holdings when calculating their own capital, and the proportion of cryptocurrency assets must not exceed 25% of total capital. Holdings must be registered with a cryptocurrency custodian for national verification of their authenticity.The Central Bank of Russia stated that this measure aims to assess credit and market risks, ensuring the financial resilience of intermediaries in cryptocurrency transactions. This draft is a continuation of the process of legalizing cryptocurrency assets in Russia, providing investors with a reference to assess the financial status of licensed institutions. Previously, the State Duma approved comprehensive cryptocurrency regulatory legislation, allowing both qualified and unqualified investors to trade cryptocurrency assets, but the latter has an annual purchase limit of 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,800). The use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment is still prohibited domestically, while importers and exporters can use it without restrictions in cross-border settlements.

The Central Bank of Russia has released a regulatory draft proposing to include digital currencies in the asset scope for calculating capital adequacy ratios and other prudential regulatory indicators for professional participants in the financial market, applicable to institutions such as brokers, asset management companies, forex traders, and cryptocurrency exchanges.The draft stipulates that relevant institutions may only include cryptocurrencies approved for circulation on exchanges when calculating their own funds, with their value not exceeding 25% of the total assets included in the calculation, and they must be registered and held by a crypto custody institution. The Central Bank of Russia stated that this move aims to incorporate the risks of crypto assets into capital regulation and enhance the financial stability of financial intermediaries.

According to Cointelegraph, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance provided customer trading records and identity information to Russian authorities, which were subsequently used in a terrorism financing case against IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy.Yuri Belenkiy was detained in September 2025 and is currently awaiting trial in Russia. The Russian Investigative Committee accuses Yuri Belenkiy of donating over $700 in cryptocurrency to the Ukrainian military and banned organizations between January 2023 and March 2024.The information obtained by Russian authorities includes his transaction history, date of birth, address, phone number, Russian passport, and Bulgarian residence permit. Binance announced its complete withdrawal from Russia in September 2023 and sold its local business to CommEX.Binance stated that the company is not responsible for making or enforcing the laws of any jurisdiction, nor does it determine the content of charges or how governments use information in legal proceedings; the company will cooperate with legitimate information requests from global law enforcement agencies in accordance with applicable laws, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated at Binance Square: Too many people are trying to overinterpret "What does this mean?" Today, I tested Trust Wallet and found too many Meme tokens in the wallet, so many that it was hard to even find BNB, so I tried to burn some tokens. As a result, even this action sparked quite a bit of community discussion. I realized that I could never "clean up" the meme coins on this address. The more I burn, the more people will send coins to this address. The transparent nature of blockchain means that any action on this address will be overinterpreted by the community.I even considered asking the Trust Wallet team to create an "Ignore Coin" feature to avoid cluttering the interface, but 99.99% of people wouldn't use this feature at all. So the plan is as follows: I will donate BNB and the "Binance Life" tokens purchased with BNB to Giggle Academy. After that, I will stop using this address and turn it into a burn address.